Meaning

1 senses
  1. The threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.

    Armutsgrenze

    черта́ бе́дностиčertá bédnosti

    межа бідностіmeža bidnosti

    a level of personal income defining the state of poverty

Examples

7 sentences
  1. None of the population was living below the poverty line.

  2. About three-quarters of the population lives below the poverty line.

    ruОколо трёх четвертей населения живёт за чертой бедности. — Wezel

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  3. Three quarters of the country's population live below the official poverty line.

    deDrei Viertel der Einwohner des Landes leben unter der offiziellen Armutsgrenze. — al_ex_an_der

  4. In the Netherlands, over 2.5 million people live below the poverty line.

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  5. How many Moroccans live below the poverty line?

Translations

9 languages
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Forms

plural: poverty lines
Singularpoverty line
Pluralpoverty lines

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a level of personal income defining the state of poverty:poverty level

Word family

4 related words

See also

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